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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about this once" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific instance or occasion, often implying that it is a singular event or occurrence.
Example: "I will only explain this about this once, so please pay attention."
Alternatives: "this one time" or "on this occasion".
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I talked to Bill Wennington about this once.
Read more about this once "flyover" capital in this weekend's Travel section.
He said that we talked about this once — I only half recall it — and that the exchange was partly why he remembered me two decades later.
'Listen, this is important, Judy Garland and I had a long talk about this once in Vegas.' Geez, sometimes she just seems nuts".
I went to see a professional person about this once and she convinced me — for a time, she convinced me — that I must have tried the door of the trailer and found it locked.
"They do not think about this once or twice, but a thousand times, before they do it," Mr. Segura said of the fishermen's decision to ferry migrants across the ocean.
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"Is it that you've always dreamed of being a bride?" (Well, maybe darling, but that's not really what it's about, just this once).
Of course, you find out about this only once you're in the kitchen.
"We are going to talk about this only once," he said.
On air, Brzezinski said that, "I am very concerned about what this once again reveals about the president of the United States.
"But what about this once-in-a-lifetime experience?" Here's a look behind the curtain at the lives of nine young actors for whom this season has been both reality and fairy tale.
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